About Bush's use of kilometers in his speech to the UN, Carleton wrote:
>I wonder how he pronounced it.
He pronounced it the way that the USMA website says to: KILL-oh-meet-ur. He
mispronounced "nuclear" though.
About the pronunciation of "kilometer", I've been trying to say it the way
the website says, but it sounds a little weird to most people (including me,
sometimes). I think most people in the U.S. would probably say it the other
way (because that's how they have heard it). A Canadian I know also says
that most people say kill-AHM-it-ur in Canada. A Namibian, though, says
they say it KILL-oh-meet-ur.
Is it going to get standardized? What do people say in other countries? I
bet that when the UK finally changes their road signs, they will use it a
lot more and that will help standardize a pronunciation (since they have as
many people as Canada, New Zealand, and Australia put together). In my
view, I am just happy to hear people use it, so I don't make a big deal
about it (and I do hear it occasionally).
Carl
As long as they don't pronounce it "miles", I'm happy either way.
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